@Terra
First congrats on getting your UC, I am not a long time player of 2 but I love it now. I am not sure what the differences may be between mac and windows OS systems but yes there are mods that help with corruption it just depends what you are actually looking for?
Because I got used to mods and CC after the sims 3 series finished I wasted no time adding a ton of them to 2 also without knowing too much about what causes corruption.
the following link has a massive list of what not to do to cause corruption in the game and I admit it was all way over my head when I first started playing so my advice would be to play the game as you like to and check if you think you are about to do anything wrong before you do it or come out of the game add the relevant mod and start the game up again that's how I got better and started to remember what I could and could not do...
http://simswiki.info/wiki.php%3Ftitle%3DGame_Help:Avoiding_Hood_Corruption
For example I don't like old fashioned houses and community lots in my game but was aware if lots had urns and I deleted them this would cause corruption so I downloaded something called the lot inspector mod which is an object when clicked on in game informs you if there are any urns or other problems to do with the property prior to bulldozing the empty lot. (never bulldoze a lot with sims living in them or an owned business)
This mod can be found on the following link
http://www.cyjon.net/node/430
If there is an urn on the property you want to demolish the best way to remove it safely is to create a cemetery in your town and get a sim to take the urn there.
Never save a family and home lot to the bin either
I have not experienced too many problems in the short time I have been playing 2 but I did add the following mods from the get go
No corrupted death package
http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php?topic=2368.0
no unlinkondelete package
http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php?topic=2083.0
creature fix package ( this is supposed to stop the downtown vampires going on a biting spree causing corruption by biting NPC's like Mrs Crumplebottom)
http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php?topic=1482.0
Don't interact with the NPC's Like Mrs Crumplebottom and the Unsavory Charleston as apparently this can cause corruption as well.
After installing these few recommended mods as time went on I started to remember what I should not do in game to cause corruption and then I moved on the what I call the niggle mods ( the ones I want in game to change certain sim behaviors I don't like-)
If you want a mod that changes sims motives ( invaluable-) and similar a really useful mod that comes as an object placed in residential and community lots is the sim blender, its the first mod I ever used when I started playing sims 2 and its so easy and useful. it can be downloaded on the following link and there is a description of what the mod can actually do.
http://www.simbology.com/smf/index.php?topic=20.0
I am not sure if you used the Hack Conflict Detection Utility before when you used to play which basically checks for mods that conflict with one another but it is a good idea and it does work. it can be downloaded from the following link
http://leefish.nl/mybb/showthread.php?tid=2063
you will also need clean installer if you intend downloading lots and using them in game and this can be found on the following link
http://sims2pack.modthesims2.com/index.php?page=3
Also you will need CEP if you intend to use any recolors of objects/cc in your game and that can be found on the following link
http://modthesims.info/d/92541
Another thing I want to mention is that a lot of players who were used to playing the disc version of the game found that the path where mods/programs are installing with this new digital version of the series is different and while I never played the discs version of the game before I was also experiencing similar problems when I first started to download these programs/mods that I wanted to use.
I found what was happening was that these programs were actually installing into the sims 2 folder and not the sims 2 ultimate collection folder as outlined below.
My documents
1st EA games folder when clicked into you will see
The sims 2 folder then underneath
The sims 2 ultimate collection folder (this contains your downloaded game files)
2nd Ea games (empty can be ignored)
If you want to add mods/CC you will need to make a folder called Downloads with a capital D and place your mods and cc in there and add it into your sims 2 ultimate collection.
There is some great info concerning file paths for UC on the following link and when I followed the instructions everything worked for me
http://modthesims.info/t/534429
If you want to find and use the sims 2 body shop you will have to follow this path
C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\Fun with Pets\SP9\CSBin
once there you will see the body shop icon click on it and add a shortcut to your desktop or wherever else you wish to put it and then you will have bodyshop ready anytime you wish to use it.
And I lastly I also experienced problems with 2 sometimes in that it would not start up and I found that by going into Origin my games and clicking update game it fixes it every time.
Make sure you check everything I have outlined with Mac as I have no idea if all this info is for windows only.
Let me know how it works out for you or if I can be of any further help and above all enjoy the game :)
@Nette
whenever I have experienced a problem with black triangles under sims feet changing the shadows in game in the game options stopped it for me however I notice online that it did not work for everyone so I saved this link to a mod to remove those shadows in case I would ever need it in the future.. link below
http://modthesims.info/d/569585
I am sorry I know nothing about 1080p as I am experiencing my own problems in relation to a new graphics card I have just had installed and am trying to sort something like that out myself. to be able to get back into my game..
